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A Salem man accused of attacking a woman he met on Craigslist after they broke into a Buddhist temple south of Salem allegedly stabbed her more than 10 times with a pocket knife and forced a ring down her throat, according to recently released court documents.

Jose Manuel Murillo, 23, was arrested on charges of attempted murder and first-degree assault. He appeared at the Marion County Circuit Court Annex on Tuesday for arraignment, while his alleged victim, Cynthia Veazey, 26, recovered from the attack in an Oregon Health & Sciences University hospital bed.

“The brutality was incredible," said Dr. Everett Mozell, who treated Veazey at Salem Hospital before she was taken to OHSU. "We don’t usually see attacks like that.”

Murillo appeared before Marion County Circuit Court Judge Janet Klapstein on Tuesday.

He had two other open cases with the county, which included charges of robbery, assault, use of tear gas/mace, false reporting and soliciting sex. Given his recent arrest on violent felony charges and his history of failing to appear in court, Klapstein ruled that he be held without bail, adding that Murillo was a "risk and danger to the public."

His next court appearance was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. June 9.

Murillo was found walking on Interstate 5 early Saturday by Oregon State Police troopers. He was taken to the hospital and treated for a cut on his hand.

At the hospital, Veazey told officers what happened to her. They were able to piece together the incident, and Murillo was arrested before he was released from the hospital.

The pair, who officials think met on Craiglist within the past six months, broke into the Buddhist Temple of Oregon near Turner and smoked methamphetamine.

Just after midnight Saturday, Murillo became erratic and started hallucinating. He told Veazey he was hearing voices and threatened to stab her if she didn't help him find the voices. Veazey tried to calm Murillo down, to no avail.

According to a probable cause statement, Murillo stabbed her with a pocket knife, covered her face with a sweatshirt, forced her grandmother's ring down her throat and threatened to smash her head with a rock. While he searched for a rock, Veazey escaped and hid in a thicket of blackberry bushes.

Murillo admitted to detectives that he stabbed Veazey in the back. He told them he dropped the knife near the temple and wandered away to find help for his cut hand.

Monks entered the temple early Saturday morning and reported the break-in. A little over an hour later, they discovered Veazey in the bushes, suffering from multiple stab wounds to her arms, back, legs, head and hands. She was taken to Salem Hospital in serious condition. Emergency room staff found the ring in her abdomen using an x-ray.

She was sent to OHSU for surgery to repair her wrist and a severed finger. A hospital representative said Veazey was in fair condition, meaning she was conscious and had stable vital signs.

“This was one of the most brutal attacks we’ve seen,” Mozell said, adding that it was “not brutal as much as evil. Just evil.”

Judge Janet Klapstein presides over the arraignment of Jose M. Murillo, 23, on charges of attempted murder and first-degree assault at the Marion County Court Annex in Salem on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Murillo allegedly stabbed a friend at a Buddhist temple on Friday night.(Photo: ANNA REED / Statesman Journal)